created by Geraldine_VdAuwera
on 2012-10-16
As announced a few months ago, commercial users of the GATK will now be required to purchase a license in order to use the full-version GATK 2 for commercial / for-profit use (while GATK-Lite can still be used for any purpose without a license).
We are now able to give you more details about how this will work: we have selected a company called [Appistry](http://www.appistry.com/) to be the exclusive partner who will handle [for-profit GATK licensing and support](http://www.appistry.com/gatk). If you have any questions, please visit their [FAQs page](http://www.appistry.com/gatk/gatk-faqs-static), and contact them directly to inquire about pricing or any “special case” scenario you feel may apply to your use of the GATK.
Appistry will launch a discussion forum within the next few days in which you will be able to network with your peers and Appistry staff about the for-profit release of the GATK.
If you would like to discuss why we have made these changes to the licensing model, please see our own discussion thread on [licensing and source code models in GATK 2](http://gatkforums.broadinstitute.org/discussion/1261/discussion-of-the-new-licensing-and-mixed-open-source-model).
commercial, appistry, license
Updated on 2012-10-16